 I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye.  Essays and Poems of Emerson - Page 449by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 332 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good...home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...flying ball ; The date fails not on the palm-tree tall; 3468 Emerson • Woodnotes. Ft. ii. Line 265 I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his iiest, at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 pages
...round yon Alpine height; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good...not bring home the river and sky;— He sang to my ear,—they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh... | |
 | Joseph H. Head - 1884 - 498 pages
...round yon Alpine height. Nor knowest thot: what argument Tin' life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or...sparrow's note from heaven. Singing at dawn on the alder-bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; Ho sings the song, but it pleases not now... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - 1884 - 536 pages
...the text in " Nature," "Nothing is quite beautiful alone: nothing but is beautiful in the whole : " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest, at even ; I Ic sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He... | |
 | 1893 - 376 pages
...den, Gaes jinking through the thorn." ? TannahUl. 1. What did Emerson say of the sparrow's song? " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven Singing at dawn on the alder bough." 2. From which of Longfellow's poems is the following beautiful thought taken? '"Tie always morning... | |
 | Leigh Hadley Irvine - 1886 - 56 pages
...argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is good or fair alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; lie sings the song, but it pleases not now. For I did not bring borne the river and sky;— He sang... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1887 - 152 pages
...feast, Dear brindle cow, to-day." I THOUGHT the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the elder bough ; I brought him home ; in his nest, at even,...not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky — LESSON XL VI. THE FROG AND ITS HOME. 1. HERE is a strange-looking creature — the frog. At first... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 342 pages
...round yon Alpine height; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good...from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brqught him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris - 1891 - 348 pages
...retained its sounding qualities. There was something wanting, however, and, womanlike, she says : " I brought him home in his nest at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky , He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye."... | |
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